Stephen Faldo, Marchioness skipper, funeral

Title

Stephen Faldo, Marchioness skipper, funeral

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

1 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

Camilla Affleck reports on the funeral of Captain Stephen Faldo, who died when his boat, the Marchioness collided with a Thames sand-dredger called the Bowbelle. Over 300 people crowded into the south chapel at the City of London Cemetery in Manor Park. Includes interview with Dorothy Broomfield(?), funeral director; George Clarke(?), pleasure boat owner; Michael Stanton, Westminster pier worker.

Contributors

Camilla Affleck; Dorothy Broomfield(?); George Clarke(?); Michael Stanton

Keywords

Deaths; London; Sailors; Funerals; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Drowning; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Stephen Faldo; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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